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Charte über die geographische Ausbreitung der Krankheiten.

Publication Details

Munich, 1827 CE.

The first world map of the distribution of human disease. For Schnurrer's work in epidemiology and his map, which was published separately from his books, see Brömer, "The first global map of the distribution of human diseases: Friedrich Schnurrer's 'Charte über die geographische Ausbreitung der Krankheiten'  (1827)"Med. Hist. Suppl.  20 (2000) 176–185.  The map was offered for sale in black & white or with the outlines hand-colored. Digital facsimile of a foxed hand-colored example from Google Books at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#10507
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/12700
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLcharte-ber-die-geographische-ausbreitung-der-krankheiten

Geographic Context

Publication place: Munich